joining me now, msnbc contributor, editor of post politics, chris cillizza. they said i had martin and cillizza on, the best marten team since martin and lewis. >> why isn't it cillizza and martin, for pure alphabetical reasons? >> i'm kind of hurt. >> plate roam of jerry lewis, jerry lewis angry about this. >> i get a lot of jerry lewis comparesons. >> both of you have written rough pieces about the state of -- all right, guys. both of you have written rough pieces about the state of the romney campaign. jonathan, i want to start with us, on-the-record quotes, not just people blindly complaining. did he give you this quote before the video or after the video? >> it was all last week. i mean, these were all conversations that i had last week with folks in the wake of the convention, polling. so it is reflecting that. and before this video even surfaced. but here's the problem with the video, chuck. the worst gaffes reinforce the character about the person. that is the problem with this video. if i voted for, i voted against it, john kerry, for. >> played in t